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November 22, 2005 at 1:05 pm #2178211
What’s your favorite Christmas food?
Lockedby jck · about 16 years, 6 months ago
Just wondered what everyone else looks forward to most at Christmas when they have the meal.
Mine is pecan pralines.
Mom’s cooking is why I was a fat kid…hahaha.
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November 22, 2005 at 1:17 pm #3121827
Christmas Pudding
by neilb@uk · about 16 years, 6 months ago
In reply to What’s your favorite Christmas food?
And finding the sixpence!
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November 22, 2005 at 2:03 pm #3121810
With hard sauce
by jamesrl · about 16 years, 6 months ago
In reply to Christmas Pudding
Not sure if thats what they call it in England, but we always had “Hard” sauce, which was quite highly laced with Brandy or sometimes dark rhum. Back when my mum made her own Christmas pudding she laced it with lots of rum.
It was so rich though, even though we kids wanted to get a little tipsy, it wasn’t possible to eat enough to get that way.
Thats one of my favorite foods and memories. It was the end of the meal when the pudding would get steamed and the sauce heated…
James
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November 22, 2005 at 2:21 pm #3121805
Tradition is to set it on fire
by neilb@uk · about 16 years, 6 months ago
In reply to With hard sauce
with a glass of heated brandy. You then carry it to the table with the lights out so everyone can see the flames.
Served with brandy butter (brandy, creamed butter and sugar) or rum butter. Custard or cream for the kids.
If anyone wants to make a proper pudding, now is the time as they need a month to mature.
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November 22, 2005 at 2:37 pm #3121804
Setting it on fire
by jamesrl · about 16 years, 6 months ago
In reply to Tradition is to set it on fire
Yes we did this when I was a kid. Its become less formal since my grandmother’s generation passed on.
My mom started her shopping and preparations in early November. By this time they would be well under way. My mother also made 2 kinds of Christmas cake – dark and light(depending on the rum). I know all the jokes about Christmas cake, and the commercial stuff is often bad, but the homemade variety was great – again, covered in cheesecloth and the cheesecloth soaked in rum daily.
James
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November 22, 2005 at 7:49 pm #3121722
Beef Roast
by bfilmfan · about 16 years, 6 months ago
In reply to What’s your favorite Christmas food?
A Porterhouse Roast….
Pecan pralines are pretty good also.
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November 24, 2005 at 2:50 pm #3122848
Brussel Sprouts
by tony hopkinson · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to What’s your favorite Christmas food?
Only joking
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November 24, 2005 at 4:51 pm #3122844
hmmm
by jdclyde · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Brussel Sprouts
here I was looking forward to a new way to make them!
We CONSUME Brussel Sprouts (the boys and me).
I steam them, and then butter them with a touch of lemon.
Good stuff.
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November 25, 2005 at 2:40 am #3122771
I like ’em steamed
by tony hopkinson · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to hmmm
the missus only goes for boiled until mushy. Someone did suggest deep frying them was a good way to go, but didn’t fancy it myself. Butter and lemon is OK. Fenugreek, ginger and black pepper go well with then instead of or with the lemon. The best sprouts though are home grown harvested that morning after a good frost.
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November 28, 2005 at 7:26 am #3123046
deep fried
by jdclyde · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to I like ’em steamed
is killer!
same with broccolli and coliflower! Dip in some cheese sauce!
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November 30, 2005 at 12:19 pm #3128766
Deep fried spinach
by jamesrl · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to deep fried
Now I am not a fan of cooked spinach, though I like the raw spinach in salads.
But i had some deep fried spinach last year, and man was it good. No dip or butter required.
James
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November 25, 2005 at 2:57 am #3122767
Ok, here’s a new one for you
by gadgetgirl · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to hmmm
Steam the sprouts as usual, until soft but not mushy. Put 2.5 teaspoons of sesame oil in a bowl and add sprouts. Mash together (amount of oil is an approximation, what you’re looking for is a smooth but not oily or runny consistency) Transfer to ovenproof dish and spread out evenly. Dust with sesame seeds, and pop under grill for about 2 minutes. What you’re aiming for is a slightly crunchy topping, with nutty flavoured mashed sprouts underneath.
Enjoy!
(known in my house as sesame sprouts, btw!)
GG
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November 25, 2005 at 3:55 am #3122751
That’s odd. I have a similar recipe.
by sleepin’dawg · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Ok, here’s a new one for you
I don’t mash the sprouts just pack them in the dish and brush the oil over them. Everything else is as you described right down to the name. One thing I do before steaming the sprouts is to soak them in ice cold salted water for a half hour.
[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)
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November 26, 2005 at 5:29 am #3044068
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November 24, 2005 at 4:52 pm #3122843
the worst thing…
by garret` · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to What’s your favorite Christmas food?
…is beetroot set in port-wine flavoured jelly (jello for those in the US) in a quiche dish. I mean WTF!? What the hell is port-wine flavoured jelly anyway!? Another (un)favourite is some sort of salad set in…wait for it…Orange flavoured jelly, with like, mint shavings on top of it! It’s discusting. Every year, for 24 years I’ve had that dished up to me – courtesy of my crazy Aunty. I was lucky enough to be overseas for Christmas last year so I messed out. Hoorah!
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November 24, 2005 at 4:55 pm #3122841
eggnog
by jdclyde · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to What’s your favorite Christmas food?
with Captain Morgans and a touch of nutmeg.
That or mulled apple cider with a touch of cinnomon.
Or some coffee with a touch of brandy is always grand.
Do I hear any takers for some irish coffee?
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November 25, 2005 at 8:28 am #3122687
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November 24, 2005 at 8:57 pm #3122815
Well
by oz_media · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to What’s your favorite Christmas food?
I’m in one of those moods again.
Mt favorite is hairpie. (sorry)
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November 25, 2005 at 2:43 am #3122769
Happens when you get older Oz
by tony hopkinson · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Well
nostalgia sets in and you remember having a dish every month instead of every year.
LOL
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November 25, 2005 at 12:26 am #3122800
My Grandmother’s
by jaqui · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to What’s your favorite Christmas food?
shortbread.
home made naturally.and concidering she worked 19 years and 3 months in the same bakery, I would say she really knows now to bake. 🙂
[ to bad company sold off thier food floors to safeway, she lost her job and retirement pension just 9 months shy of retirement ]
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November 25, 2005 at 12:40 am #3122799
All the nummies
by cuteelf · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to What’s your favorite Christmas food?
Mom would make bazillions of little cookies and high sugar munchies.
7 layer bars
Cheesecake
butter cookies
rum balls
lemon barsman. On Xmas morning we always have a home made xmastree shaped bunch of buns. With frosting and orange zest and cinnamanninonon.
But, honestly, of all the foods, I love the turkey stuffing all moist and juicy and turkeyish.
Who wants to taste my Baileys Choco Cheesecake?
Cute
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November 25, 2005 at 3:05 am #3122765
Bailey’s cc recipe, please
by neilb@uk · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to All the nummies
Meanwhile, I’ll just keep munching on the frozen Jaffa Cakes…
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November 25, 2005 at 6:51 am #3122725
ME ME ME ME!
by bfilmfan · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to All the nummies
I will even thoughtfully loan you my whole kitchen in which to make it ma’am….
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November 26, 2005 at 2:32 am #3122509
IF YOU GUYS
by cuteelf · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to All the nummies
Want my Baileys….
Send me Jaffas
Get me a Job
🙂
PM me.
cute
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November 26, 2005 at 5:58 am #3044060
Hey now!
by bfilmfan · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to IF YOU GUYS
I submitted your resume up the chain to my boss.
It was a holiday weekend, so it might take them a few days to get back in touch with you.
I will ask next week and see what is going on with your submission….
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November 26, 2005 at 6:16 pm #3043953
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November 27, 2005 at 7:39 am #3043907
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November 28, 2005 at 7:42 am #3123033
I’d PM you
by jck · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to IF YOU GUYS
but, I’m afraid you’d tell me I’m swill…and reject me…
I fear rejection 🙁
btw…Baileys is good on ice 🙂
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November 28, 2005 at 7:40 am #3123035
Doc’s rum balls
by jck · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to All the nummies
a local doctor in my hometown…used to make rum balls and give them out…
literally…2 of them and you were drunk.
we always liked seein the doc come with his Christmasy treats 🙂
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November 25, 2005 at 3:38 am #3122755
Little Tiny Onions …
by jimmyrutter · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to What’s your favorite Christmas food?
Actually mine are those sausages wrapped in bacon
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November 25, 2005 at 3:51 am #3122752
Goose!
by gadgetgirl · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to What’s your favorite Christmas food?
no, seriously, it is! In my house, it ain’t a proper Christmas without a Christmas Goose! I’ve only had turkey for Christmas lunch once, and I will never do that again!
Goose, slowly roasted in a low oven, turned alternately from breast to back on the draining rack so the fat stays in the bottom of the pan. Falls off the bone, stays moist and is absolutely scrummy. (It still riles Pa that I still cook goose better than Ma can!)
Served with home made sage and onion stuffing to the traditional family recipe, cooked with a tablespoon of goosefat mixed in.
Ok, I’m now officially starving hungry!
Now, why does my Christmas badge always get me funny looks? All it says is “Fancy a Christmas Goose?”………
]:)
GG
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November 25, 2005 at 5:09 am #3122748
Roast potatoes in goose fat
by neilb@uk · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Goose!
I buy a time of goose fat especially for Christmas roasties! We always have a rib roast but I still like my spuds done in goose fat.
(wipes drool from keyboard)
My mother cooked a Christmas Goose back when I was 5 or 6 and I can still remember slipping and sliding across the kitchen floor because the rendered fat had overflowed the roasting tin! We haven’t had goose since.
Brussels are good but only for bubble-and-squeak on Boxing Day.
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November 25, 2005 at 6:06 am #3122734
Okay Neil, tell us what bubble-and-squeak is.
by sleepin’dawg · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Roast potatoes in goose fat
Some things just don’t transition over here and rhyming is one of them. So what is it?
[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)
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November 25, 2005 at 6:16 am #3122733
Go on, Neil, your explanation
by gadgetgirl · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Okay Neil, tell us what bubble-and-squeak is.
would be far more precise than mine
(hoy it aaal in, pet, mash the sproots, storr it and bang it on th’playet!)
😀
GG
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November 25, 2005 at 6:42 am #3122730
Bubble and squeak
by neilb@uk · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Okay Neil, tell us what bubble-and-squeak is.
Just checked with my mother and this is her recipe:
1 pound cold cooked potatoes
2 ounces dripping or lard
1 onion finely chopped
8 ounces chopped cooked sprouts
Salt
PepperFinely chop the potatoes and crush slightly. You can mash them smoothly but we like some texture. In a frying pan melt half the fat and fry the onion until lightly browned. Mix in the potato and greens and season well.
Add more dripping or lard. Press the bubble into the hot fat and fry over a moderate heat until browned underneath.
Turn the bubble over, add the last of the fat and fry until the other side is browned.
Serve with cold turkey, pickle, etc.
An old English dish, supposedly named for the sounds the ingredients make while cooking. Most people make it witgh cabbage but we prefer sprouts.
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November 25, 2005 at 6:48 am #3122727
Hmmm
by bfilmfan · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Bubble and squeak
I was thinking Bubble and Squeak was what happened when you walked in on a lady taking a bubble bath in a claw foot tub.
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November 25, 2005 at 7:33 am #3122712
oho! Regional difference!
by gadgetgirl · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Bubble and squeak
In Geordieland, we use the same ingredients, but use gravy not oil to the larger extent. Onions are fried off in a little oil, then mashed potatoes added. Then the sprouts go in. Just to give it a little moisture, we then add in half a cup of gravy. This tends to make the mix runny, which is why it is left simmering. (Hence the bubbles) After around 3 minutes, the gravy begins to cook off, and the mix is stirred. It is ready to eat when the mix “squeaks” – which is the sound of the escaping steam caused by the gravy cooking off.
Numerous variations are used, but basically you can add any vegetable to this, as long as the sprouts remain. Great for getting veg into tiddlypeeps, cos they like listening for the “squeak”!
Up here, usually served with pork, and either with or without Yorkshire Pud. And loads more gravy.
So, that’s the recipe today, Jim! (Only older UKites will get that one, too!)
GG
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November 25, 2005 at 8:16 am #3122689
Gravy?No way!
by neilb@uk · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to oho! Regional difference!
And definitely not oil. Has to be dripping – especially gungy dripping. Lard if you’re really stuck, butter if you’re a Southerner. Surely only the French would use oil on bubble and squeak.
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November 25, 2005 at 8:32 am #3122685
well that serves me right
by gadgetgirl · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Gravy?No way!
for trying to be culturally correct for all these foreigners, dunnit?!
And yes, gravy.
Now you’ve got me starving hungry again! Just fancy bubble and squeak, but having plaice instead. Just doesn’t seem to be what I fancy anymore….
GG
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November 25, 2005 at 9:32 am #3122664
No I use oil, but you’ve room
by tony hopkinson · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Gravy?No way!
to talk, a recipe for bubble and squeak!. Pour left overs in pan, fry till hot. A great dollop of HP sauce and several rounds of bread. Never had it done in gravy though, may be worth an investigation.
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November 25, 2005 at 9:39 am #3122659
Stick to your puddings
by neilb@uk · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Gravy?No way!
B&S in our neck of the woods is haute cuisine!
Don’t tell Gadget but I might just try the gravy option myself. Still won’t use oil, though.
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November 25, 2005 at 2:08 pm #3122615
Trust me try
by tony hopkinson · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Gravy?No way!
Try sesame or extra virgin olive, Thai fish oil and throw a few chillies in their to liven it up. Where I come from we call left overs in gravy dustbin stew, the slightly more upmarket version is made with those bags of unidentifiable meat that strangers place in the corner of your freezer.
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November 25, 2005 at 2:54 pm #3122610
I’d be signing my own death warrant
by neilb@uk · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Gravy?No way!
if I put chillies in the Christmas B&S. Very traditional, my family. Though we usually have Yorkshire Pud with Christmas lunch (yes, one big one!)
Me? I’ll put chillies in [b]anything[/b], even ice-cream. I have nine different varieties in my store cupboard.
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November 25, 2005 at 4:14 am #3122750
Christmas morning breakfast.
by sleepin’dawg · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to What’s your favorite Christmas food?
Mushrooms on toast with bacon and finely chopped onions, a sausage link or two, some black pudding and scrambled eggs(no milk) with smoked salmon bits through them. Top that off with fresh coffee laced with your liqueur of choice. For some reason I tend to lean towards Drambuie but I’ve also used brandy, Grand Marnier and Cointreau. Understand this is black coffee; no sugar or cream. Oh yes and toast, lots of hot buttered toast.
[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)
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November 25, 2005 at 9:38 am #3122661
Damn
by tony hopkinson · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Christmas morning breakfast.
I’ve been making do with a bit of toast and that bar in the kid’s selection box nobody likes.
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November 25, 2005 at 5:48 am #3122735
My in-laws
by maecuff · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to What’s your favorite Christmas food?
Do all the traditional Christmas stuff. Boring, but very good.
I’m partial to grey goose martinis at Christmas. Or really, any time. Who needs a holiday?
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November 25, 2005 at 6:21 am #3122732
Stuffing whether it’s for turkey or goose.
by sleepin’dawg · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to What’s your favorite Christmas food?
For turkey I make two stuffings. One is a bread stuffing and the other is a sausage meat stuffing. The bread stuffing usually goes in the neck cavity while the sausage meat goes in the body cavity. Also we use the giblets and some of the juices to make gravy.
Goose stuffing is different, it’s bread based but with lots of fruit such as plums, apples, raisins and walnuts. We prefer wild goose to the domestic variety but will settle for the domestic if we haven’t had a chance to take down a wild one.
With goose you do need a very deep roasting pan because of the grease. You can find the disposable variety in most supermarkets but make sure it is deep enough to put in a rack to raise the goose above the grease.[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)
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November 26, 2005 at 1:00 am #3122519
try
by jaqui · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Stuffing whether it’s for turkey or goose.
stuffing goose or duck with a wild/white/brown rice mix with some rough cut veggies.
baste the drippings over the bird frequenty, making sure you get lots into the body, so the rice can have liquid to absorb.with a light orange glaze you kill the heavy greasieness of the bird, without killing the flavour.
( for orange glaze check my blog from June, Duck L’orange recipe there. ) 😉
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November 27, 2005 at 2:36 am #3043927
Mulling Spices and
by jdgretz · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to What’s your favorite Christmas food?
Gooseberry Pie.
Of course cranberry sauce/relish is way up there on my list. Before my Grandmother died, the only thing that really signified Christmas for me was her fudge. The recipie is simple, but what she did with it sure made it special.
jdg
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November 27, 2005 at 6:02 pm #3043818
The Italian Yankee
by dmambo · about 16 years, 5 months ago
In reply to What’s your favorite Christmas food?
My mother and her sister (my aunt was the good cook) used to make polenta that we would eat with maple syrup on it. Now that’s good eatin’. The other thing was a very light fried dough type of cookie that they called grusti (sp??) with powdered sugar on them. These were only really served at Christmas, and they really made a heck of a mess to clean up. As a kid, if we helped clean, we got extra!!
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